genus polygonum
Noun
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Diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions (synset 112621649)
is a type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationmember holonym:
- china fleece vine, polygonum aubertii, russian vine, silver lace vine - twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia
- buckwheat, fagopyrum esculentum, polygonum fagopyrum - a member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour
- kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, polygonum orientale, prince's-feather, prince's-plume, princess feather - annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
belongs to: buckwheat family, family polygonaceae, polygonaceae - a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheatssame as: polygonum
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